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ICYMI, Opportunity Narrows on Meeting Paris Agreement Goals

Chris Hall

Focused on mitigation, the report noted that progress on the alignment of financial flows towards the goals of the Paris Agreement remained slow, with tracked climate finance flows distributed unevenly across regions and sectors. . trillion, warned that “only a very small window remains to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement”.

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UNFCCC on the Edge  

Chris Hall

Amir Sokolowski, Global Director for Climate Change at CDP, says the NZDPU was launched to harmonise basic data points with the RAF and GCAP created to harmonise methodology for pieces of data such as carbon emission – kickstarting a theory of change.

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Carbon Credits Have Role to Play in Corporates’ Climate Transition

Chris Hall

Fewer than 35% of companies’ emission reductions targets are credible, climate disclosure platform CDP revealed this week, based on an analysis of 13,000+ companies reporting last year. At COP26, nearly 200 countries finalised Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. However, this is likely to change.

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From Ambition to Delivery

Chris Hall

While pushing for public policy action in support of COP26 commitments, private sector actors must accelerate their low carbon transition, say experts. In the wake of COP26, it falls on many shoulders to implement and operationalise the rhetoric of Glasgow. A carbon price is key,” he said.

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Finance Sector Net Zero Plans Must Respect Planetary Limits – SBTi

Chris Hall

It also said that FIs should transition and align all financing activities with net zero pathways that achieve Paris Agreement goals, with “no or low overshoot”, as well as align them with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Asset Owners Ready to Back Clean Energy Transition in Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

At the Net Zero Summit co-hosted by the IEA and COP26 last year, governments were urged to standardise and align their global net zero targets to incentivise investors to back clean energy. . Policymakers are working to accelerate the transition to renewable energy in developing countries. .

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

government – the world’s largest purchaser – proposed that all federal contractors must set science-based targets and disclose their environmental impact through CDP, following in Norway’s recent footsteps. In a huge step forward for net zero economies and supply chains, the U.S. In fact, this has been a COP of action.